Russia Tests Nuclear-Capable Poseidon Super Torpedo

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that Russia has successfully conducted a test of its Poseidon nuclear-capable super torpedo, calling the trial a “huge success.”

Speaking to soldiers wounded in the Ukaine war, Putin said the test, conducted on Tuesday, marked the first time the weapon had been launched with a propulsion system from a carrier submarine, along with the activation of its nuclear power unit, The Caspian Post reports, citing Reuters.

“For the first time, we managed not only to launch it with a launch engine from a carrier submarine, but also to launch the nuclear power unit on which this device passed a certain amount of time,” Putin said.

The Poseidon, described by both U.S. and Russian officials as a new category of retaliatory weapon, is capable of producing radioactive ocean swells that could render coastal cities uninhabitable. Putin added that the torpedo’s destructive power exceeds that of the Sarmat intercontinental missile.